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Baton (2009) [N/A]

Featuring:
Hayato Ichihara, Aya Ueto, Kane Kosugi

Written by:
Shunji Iwai

Directed by:
Ryûhei Kitamura


Release Date:
April 28, 2009

Original Title:
バトン

Alternate Titles:
BATON

Genres:
Action | Animation | Comedy | Romance

Production Companies:
Rockwell Eyes
Titmouse
Tsuburaya Productions

Production Countries:
Japan | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 65

Overview from TheMovieDB

Baton is a collection of three 20-minute Sci-fi anime films dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Yokohama city. On Planet Abel, human-like robot Apollo (Ichihara Hayato, Rookies) and robot-like human Mikaru (Ueto Aya, Azumi) come upon a stowaway robot with a mysterious "Cipher" chip. Not knowing Cipher's powers, Apollo takes the chip for fun, throwing both him and Mikaru headfirst into a mind-boggling mystery that affects the past, present, and future.

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Overview from Open Movies

This is a Sci-Fi animation produced and written by Shunji Iwai. He is one of most popular directors in Japan. But I didn't understand it because of the quality.It was his challenge for new animation with the rotoscope technic.Unfortunately, the story made me bored and was lack of attractions simply. The worst thing was characters' voice read in monotonous voices. I was annoying of it.

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Baton (2009) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 5.6/10

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Production

Animation Director:
Mark Brooks

Art Direction:
Antonio Canobbio

Attorney:
David Smith

Character Designer:
Masayuki Gotou

Director:
Ryûhei Kitamura

Director of Photography:
Takumi Furuya

Original Music Composer:
Nobuhiko Morino

Producer:
Shunji Iwai
Eric S. Calderon

Producer's Assistant:
Rhona Medina

Storyboard Artist:
Todd Harris

Theme Song Performance:
Tomoko Tane

Writer:
Shunji Iwai

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